Monumentalism is a visual study of socialist architecture and design. Every photograph on this site was taken by Darmon Richter, a British researcher who has spent the last 10 years exploring Eastern Europe with his camera. To use any of these images, please get in touch.

Read more about this project here; find in-depth essays about many of these locations on The Bohemian Blog; or join one of the tours below to see them for yourself.

Národní Třída Metro

Prague, Czechia

Prague Metro features some of the deepest stations – and as a result, the longest escalators – anywhere in Europe. This escalator serves the strikingly Modernist ‘Národní Třída’ (‘National Avenue’) station on Line B.